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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 3363360, member: 87271&quot;]Some lovely patinas here folks! Allow me to throw in some more Chinese ones. Like [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] and [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER], I prefer a heavy patina on Chinese pieces, especially early spades and knives. While such patina might obscure details on western-style coinage, I find it to only add to the aesthetics of these pieces!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, two patinas that are rather light for Chinese standards, but are still quite pretty. I love the deep, darker colours on the first spade (Xiang Yuan) and the spotty-nature of the patina on the pointed foot spade (Da Yin) gives it an interesting but attractive appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891904[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Did someone say heavy patina? This very specific patina, with the colour combination dark blue and beige-red, is referred to as ‘Beijing-patina’ in Chinese numismatics, although not necessarily from Beijing itself. Besides being very difficult to fake, this is a very desired patina and often fetches quite a premium on Chinese auctions. In this case it is exceptionally thick; the characters have been completely obscured. But the awesome thing about this piece is that it is actually three fused spades as found!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891880[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Love the multi-layered and multi-coloured patina on this one! From barely patinated surfaces, dark coloured blue, different hues of light and dark green to a vibrant red and earthen highlights. What more could you want?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891877[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my all-time favourites. Not only is the patina absolutely breath-taking, the inscription is also amongst the most rare in my collection. As for my all-time favourite, it really can’t be anything else than this following hollow-head spade. Would you look at that bluish-green surface!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891884[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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